Medical situations to consider HIV infection, Infections, impaired immunity, unexplained lymphadenopathy, thrombocytopenia, Tumours, unexplained weight loss unexplained diarrhoea night sweats pyrexia of unknown origin

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Medical situations to consider HIV infection


  • Reticulo-endothelial abnormalities:


    • impaired immunity


    • unexplained lymphadenopathy


    • thrombocytopenia


  • Infections:


    • tuberculosis or atypical mycobacterial infection


    • Pneumocystis jiroveci (carinii) pneumonia


    • cerebral toxoplasmosis


    • oral or oesophageal candidiasis


    • herpes zoster (in younger people)


    • cytomegalovirus retinitis


  • Tumours:


    • non-hodgkin's lymphoma


    • cerebral lymphoma


  • General:


    • symptoms suggesting seroconversion illness, especially if associated with another STI


    • oral hairy leukoplakia


    • unexplained weight loss


    • unexplained diarrhoea


    • night sweats


    • pyrexia of unknown origin

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